NJEdge is a consortium of member institutions. We are a community of Higher Education, K-12, Healthcare, and Government institutions who work collaboratively to function as our own ISP. NJEdge also has vast secure connectivity to specific research and education resources not available through commercial Internet Service Providers.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable corporation, NJEdge operates as a consortium for its member institutions. We are not part of New Jersey state government, but work cooperatively on many related initiatives.

Accredited public and private higher educational institutions, libraries, and research organizations along with institutions in the K-12, healthcare, municipal government, and non-profit sector are eligible to apply for membership. View the benefits of membership here!

NJEdge’s members include public and private higher education institutions, public libraries, healthcare organizations, local government, K-12 districts, and those who use our illumira digital asset management system. View our full list of members here!

The Board of Trustees is comprised of leaders from NJEdge member institutions. All higher education sectors are represented in the composition of the Board, which is modified in our corporate by-laws over time to stay consistent with membership.

NJEdge Corporate Offices are located on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at 218 Central Avenue, Suite 3420, Newark, NJ 07102. We always welcome a visit from our members! NJEdge also maintains offices at our secure, Tier-3 NJFX facility in southern New Jersey, located at 1410 Wall Church Rd., Wall Township, NJ 07719.

Our main corporate office telephone number is 1.855.832.EDGE (3343) answered 24×7 year round. Call this number to reach an employee, get general information, or for Technical Support. You may also email support@njedge.net for technical support related issues.

The access circuit typically required for connecting to NJEdge is priced on a case-by-case basis. Standard NJEdge rates and fees are established each January for our next fiscal year (July 1 through June 30).

Yes, absolutely! NJEdge is devoted to providing its members with professional development opportunities in a variety of areas. Annually, a schedule of forums, workshops and seminars on current technology are held on an as-requested basis, and may be open to all members, or to specific groups. Past sessions have included:

IPv6 Adoption

IPv4 Multicast Routing

Performance Measurement Infrastructure

Advanced BGP/AS Boundary Routing

Security

DDoS

VMware/Virtualization

SDN/OpenFlow

Leading Organizational Change

If you would like to be added to our mailing list for information on NJEdge opportunities, please send a request including your contact information to info@NJEdge.net

Generally not. NJEdge’s rates and fees are approved by our Board of Trustees. Subject to review annually, our members determine the balance between cost and service, rates are established appropriately.

You will be billed exactly what you are quoted. NJEdge includes all fees in the costs provided on a quotation. Some services NJEdge purchases solely for the use of a single member may include fees that we have to recover. This may cause some invoices to vary slightly.

NJEdge provides annual, quarterly, and monthly billing options. Our default billing method is quarterly. Upgrades and disconnects are invoiced or refunded during the billing period following the upgrade or disconnect. Other billing arrangements can be made to accommodate member institution’s needs.

NJEdge will only send one invoice per billing period per member. Invoices are subtotaled by service location. The NJEdge membership fee is typically included with institution’s primary service location. If special billing arrangements are needed, please reach out to the NJEdge business staff at 1.855.832.3343 to see if a solution is available.

You can find detailed information on NJEdge’s technology solutions by visiting our Solutions Tab at www.njedge.net/solutions. NJEdge also provides solutions based on member need and can often provide complete custom solutions. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, please call us at 1.855.832.EDGE (3343) or send an e-mail to info@njedge.net.

Yes, NJEdge can provide solutions for members with multiple campus locations. We provide multi-location solutions for a number of our members either as multiple standard connections, or as a virtual private network between campus locations with one “border” to the outside world.

NJEDge maintains its own SpeedTest.net server (http://speedtest.njedge.net/) and recommends using only it for testing.
Members should be mindful of the following:

The speedtest.net browser test application lists throughput in Layer3 values; however, circuits NJEdge procures also must carry Layer 1 and Layer 2 portions of the path. This additional overhead can result in tests showing 5-7% lower then actual circuit speed.

LAN traffic will contend equally with the SpeedTest.net traffic. If the LAN is currently generating traffic, it will subtract from the test results. Normal use must be accounted for when interpreting test results.

NJEdge can add PTR records for all members utilizing NJEdge’s address space (130.156.xxx.xxx). For members using NJEdge’s DNS service and their own address space, PTR records can be added via self-serve or by request by emailing dns@njedge.net.

No, not at all. NJEdge does purchase specific services from the New Jersey telecommuncations industry as “building blocks” for our network, but we do not simply re-sell existing Internet services. NJEdge’s network and other solution offerings are very unique, purpose-built, and tailored to our members’ needs.

As part of EdgePro solutions, NJEdge is available to provide engineering and/or consulting services to membership. These services have varied widely, from selection of videoconferencing hardware to federating autonomous systems. Contact NJEdge at info@njedge.net or by calling 1.855.832.3343 to discuss your organization’s specific needs.

https://njedge.net/solutions/edgemedia/ NJEdge has partnered with Zoom to provide statewide consortium pricing for a variety of their services through NJEdge. This service is also enhanced with superior quality and reliability when used over a NJEdge network connection, though connectivity to NJEdge is not required for using the service. Read more about our video communication services here.

You do not have to be a NJEdge connected member to subscribe to the service. Zoom technology is built to work over low bandwidth, high latency networks; however, quality, reliability and predictability are significantly higher when used over the NJEdge network.

NJEdge operates a statewide, private network for its members. Traffic passing between NJEdge members and selected in-state peers does not traverse the public Internet, but stays inside our domain. This routing provides an additional layer of security for our members, but is not a replacement for end-to-end encryption of sensitive data.

NJEdge does all that it can to ensure the privacy and integrity of your data, but should not be viewed as a replacement for member strategies for privacy. We recommend members use strong encryption on any sensitive data before uploading it to a cloud provider.

Better yet, NJEdge achieved status as a New Jersey Educational Services Consortium with Lead Agency Status for public procurement. NJEdge procures services on behalf of the membership using approved state of New Jersey procurement procedures.

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